Residential area hit in Tehran, rescue operations begin
Rescue efforts are underway in Tehran after a US-Israeli air attack struck a residential area, the Iranian Red Crescent Society said.
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· Middleeasteye
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· Warrenmurray
Iran warns wider shipping lanes at risk beyond Hormuz
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· Middleeasteye
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· Martin Gurri
Trump invokes religious rhetoric in praise of Iran rescue, drawing criticism
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· Maria Tsvetkova
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· Herbie G
Bab el-Mandeb: Asia's other energy choke point put at risk by Iran war
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· Staff Writer
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· Yonhap
Ruling party, gov't agree on efforts to send special envoys to Middle East to secure crude oil
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· Yi Wonju
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Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
· Dylan Butts
Democrat calls Trump's Iran rhetoric ‘psychotic,’ warns of war crimes
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· Middleeasteye
Iran says 100,000 civilian sites including universities damaged in strikes
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· Middleeasteye
Oil back above $110 after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran
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· Osmond Chia
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· DANYA SAPERSTEIN
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· Yeon Woo Lee
South Korea opens door wider to Chinese travellers – but will they come?
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· Yeon Woo Lee
How a perilous US rescue mission in Iran nearly went off course
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· Herbie G
Trump dragging Americans “into hell” – Iranian parliament speaker
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· RT
Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
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· Associated Press
Seoul shares open higher despite Trump's renewed threats on Iran
South Korean stocks opened higher Monday despite renewed threats against Iran by US President Donald Trump.
· Yonhap
A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in Iran
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· Associated Press
Seoul shares open higher despite Trump's renewed threats on Iran
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· Kang Yoon-seung
Trump makes stark threat to Iran after US airman rescued
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· Agence France-Presse
Trump invokes religious rhetoric in praise of Iran rescue, drawing criticism
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· Herbie G
Report: 5 killed in US-Israeli attack in Qom
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· Middleeasteye
Netanyahu says Trump thanked Israel for help in US rescue mission
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· Middleeasteye
A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in Iran
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· AP
Japan's Nikkei 225 set to fall as Trump’s Iran deadline pushes oil higher in holiday-thinned Asia
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· Anniek Bao
Iran says World Cup pull-out increasingly likely unless matches relocated
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· Middleeasteye
The harrowing race against time to find downed US airman in Iran
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· Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes
The urgent lesson of America’s dramatic rescue of F-15E crewmen downed in Iran
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· Post Editorial Board
Trump threatens to strike Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened
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· AP
Fars: 15 ships pass through Hormuz in 24 hours with permission from Iran
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· Middleeasteye
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· Michael Koziol
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· Middleeasteye
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· Middleeasteye
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· Tyler Durden
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· Spencer Kimball
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· Ralph Jennings
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· Ralph Jennings
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· Tyler Durden
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· Ronny Reyes
Iran responds to Trump's expletive-filled threat to attack power plants and bridges
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· Sbsaustralia
'We are at the edge of a battlefield': BBC reports near Strait of Hormuz
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